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Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race - Istanbul

Swimmers head to the start area with the ferryboats, which are in the background of the Bosphorus Bridge landmark of Istanbul. Swimmers competed in the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race. This year's event saw nearly 2,800 athletes from 72 different countries participate in the 6.5-kilometer race, swimming from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side across the Bosphorus Strait on August 25, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race - Istanbul

Swimmers head to the start area with the ferryboats, which are in the background of the Bosphorus Bridge landmark of Istanbul. Swimmers competed in the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race. This year's event saw nearly 2,800 athletes from 72 different countries participate in the 6.5-kilometer race, swimming from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side across the Bosphorus Strait on August 25, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race - Istanbul

Swimmers head to the start area with the ferryboats, which are in the background of the Bosphorus Bridge landmark of Istanbul. Swimmers competed in the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race. This year's event saw nearly 2,800 athletes from 72 different countries participate in the 6.5-kilometer race, swimming from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side across the Bosphorus Strait on August 25, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race - Istanbul

Swimmers head to the start area with the ferryboats, which are in the background of the Bosphorus Bridge landmark of Istanbul. Swimmers competed in the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race. This year's event saw nearly 2,800 athletes from 72 different countries participate in the 6.5-kilometer race, swimming from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side across the Bosphorus Strait on August 25, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race - Istanbul

Swimmers head to the start area with the ferryboats, which are in the background of the Bosphorus Bridge landmark of Istanbul. Swimmers competed in the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race. This year's event saw nearly 2,800 athletes from 72 different countries participate in the 6.5-kilometer race, swimming from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side across the Bosphorus Strait on August 25, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race - Istanbul

Swimmers head to the start area with the ferryboats, which are in the background of the Bosphorus Bridge landmark of Istanbul. Swimmers competed in the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race. This year's event saw nearly 2,800 athletes from 72 different countries participate in the 6.5-kilometer race, swimming from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side across the Bosphorus Strait on August 25, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish female gendarmerie commandos mark Int'l Women's Day over Bosphorus Strait

STORY: Turkish female gendarmerie commandos mark Int'l Women's Day over Bosphorus Strait SHOOTING TIME: March 8, 2024 DATELINE: March 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:22 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. various of the Bosphorus Bridge STORYLINE: Turkish female gendarmerie commandos celebrated International Women's Day on Friday with a remarkable activity over the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. Six non-commissioned officers from the Gendarmerie Commando Special Operations unit used ropes to descend on boats from the 64-meter-high Bosphorus Bridge to mark the occasion. The activity attracted public interest, with crowds gathering along the shores to watch the commandos and shoot videos. The bridge, which spans over the 31-kilometer-long strait, one of the busiest waterways, connects the European and Asian sides of Istanbul. The sea traffic on both sides of the strait was temporarily suspended during the event. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul

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Valentine's Day - Istanbul

A couple watches the Bosphorus strait in the background of the 15 July Martyrs Bridge Istanbul, Turkey on February 11, 2024. Photo by Ilker Eray/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Palestine Rally In Istanbul On The First Day Of 2024

Israel protesters gathered in Sultan Ahmet Square and marched with slogans until the Galata Bridge. It was reported that there was a group of 250.000 thousand protesters on the Galata Bridge. protesters wave Palestinian flags towards the Bosphorus. Istanbul, Turkey, on January 01, 2024. Photo by Mert Nazim Egin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama (C), now on a run-and-sail trip around the world, poses with some Japanese people living in Turkey after entering the Asian part of Istanbul from the European side by crossing the Bosphorus Bridge on Dec. 14, 2009. The 60-year-old comedian left Osaka in western Japan on Dec. 17, 2008, for his Earth Marathon covering 20,000 kilometers on land and 16,000 km at sea.

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Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama, now on a run-and-sail trip around the world, celebrates after entering the Asian part of Istanbul from the European side by crossing the Bosphorus Bridge on Dec. 14, 2009. The 60-year-old comedian left Osaka in western Japan on Dec. 17, 2008, for his Earth Marathon covering 20,000 kilometers on land and 16,000 km at sea.

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-EARTH HOUR

(220327) -- ISTANBUL, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a bridge over the Bosphorus Strait before (top) and during Earth Hour in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-EARTH HOUR

(220327) -- ISTANBUL, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a bridge over the Bosphorus Strait before (top) and during Earth Hour in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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Turkey detects "mine-like object" off Istanbul coast

STORY: Turkey detects "mine-like object" off Istanbul coast DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:00 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. mine-like object drifting on the water surface in Istanbul, Turkey 2. various of Turkish defense ministry Twitter account 3. coast guard boats and military ships taking security measures in the area where the mine-like object is located 4. various of the northern part of the Bosphorus facing the Black Sea, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey STORYLINE: Turkey's Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that a "mine-like object" was detected in the waters of Bosphorus Strait, which connects the Black Sea with the Marmara Sea. Underwater defense teams were soon sent to secure and deactivate the object after it was spotted by a civilian merchant ship, the ministry said in a tweet. The object was found at the northern entrance of the Bosphorus Strait, off the coast of Sariyer district in northern Istanbul, according to the Milliyet daily,

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Turkey's round-the-clock efforts to prevent accidents in Bosphorus Strait

STORY: Turkey's round-the-clock efforts to prevent accidents in Bosphorus Strait DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:38 LOCATION: Istanbul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bosphorus, Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul 2. various of Rescue-7 tugboats sailing from the port to the strait 3. various of Bosphorus, ship carrying LPG in the Bosphorus 4. various of tanker ship Estrella moving towards the Bosphorus from the Black Sea 5. various of Cem Savrunlu, captain of Rescue-7 6. various of people working in ship traffic services center 7. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SUKRU HAKAN KAYA, Manager of Ship Traffic Services 8. various of people working in ship traffic services center 9. various of the chief operator of the Istanbul Ship Traffic Services 10. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): BARIS GUL, Chief operator of Istanbul Ship Traffic Services 11. various of tanker ship Estrella moving towards the Bosphorus from the Black Sea 12. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): CEM SAVRUNLU, Captain of Rescue-7 13. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): CEM SAVRUNLU

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Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama, now on a run-and-sail trip around the world, celebrates after entering the Asian part of Istanbul from the European side by crossing the Bosphorus Bridge on Dec. 14, 2009. The 60-year-old comedian left Osaka in western Japan on Dec. 17, 2008, for his Earth Marathon covering 20,000 kilometers on land and 16,000 km at sea. (Kyodo)

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Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama (C), now on a run-and-sail trip around the world, poses with some Japanese people living in Turkey after entering the Asian part of Istanbul from the European side by crossing the Bosphorus Bridge on Dec. 14, 2009. The 60-year-old comedian left Osaka in western Japan on Dec. 17, 2008, for his Earth Marathon covering 20,000 kilometers on land and 16,000 km at sea. (Kyodo)